Improvement in trace-carriers for harness



E. A. COOPER.

Trace-Barriers for Harness.

No. 166,685. PatentedAug.17,18'75.

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EDWARD A. COOPER, OF LANCASTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACE-CARRIERS FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,685., dated August17, 1875; application filed July 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. COOPER, of Lancaster, in the county ofErie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Trace-Carriers for Harness, which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efiicient meansfor carrying the traces, and thereby prevent them from falling into themud; and it consists of a harness ring, buckle, or other equivalentharness-trimming, having two projecting pieces for each trace arrangedthereon, so that the smaller part of a cockeye may be easily and quicklyplaced between them, and so that they will clasp around or nearly overthe larger or thicker portion of the same, and hold it securely whendrawn forward by the weight of the traces or otherwise, as will be moreclearly shown by reference to the drawing, in which- Figure 1 representsa top view of my invention, also a side view of a cockeye in dottedlines, showing the manner of connecting it thereto. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection through line X X, Fig. 1.

A represents a ring or frame; B- B, the' curved projecting pieces. Theyare arranged two on each side, one set for each trace, and are made tocurve or incline toward each other at the top, as shown, leavingsufficient room between them to easily insert the smaller side or partof the cockeye, which is then held securely in place by simply drawingit forward, so that the larger portion fits or fills the space betweenthe parts B B; as shown by the dotted lines Gr, without the necessity ofturning or twisting it round.

The traces are readily released by carrying the cockeye forward untilits smaller diameter permits its withdrawal.

The parts B B are made to incline outward from the ring or frame, asshown in Fig. 2, so as to avoid as much as possible the catching of theharness thereon, and so that when moldin g it may be drawn from the sandwithout a core.

I claim as my invention The combination, with the ring or frame A, ofthe curved inclined projecting pieces B 13, forming a trace-carrier,substantially as specified.

EDWARD A. COOPER.

Witnesses JAMES SANGSTER, AMos W. SANGSTER.

